Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1889 — Pecullarities of the flg. [ARTICLE]

Pecullarities of the flg.

A California paper mentions some ol the peculiarities of the fig. It has no blossomy and evidently requires breathIng places, for from the little button at the end, there are minute ducts or ai spaces which run right through the i fruit and clear into the stem. If, ir drying, tty) fig is not placed as it grow on the tree tna fruit sours and molds. The fruit does not hang from the tree but inclines upward, held by the stem, and this button, or mouth, opens toward the sun. If nol so placed when being dried the button is shaded and •-he fruit then spoils.